Grand Coulee cleaning up financial records mess

The city of Grand Coulee’s financial records seem to be getting in order after years of chaos, but there’s still a ways to go.

“Things are getting back on track, and at least our financial system balances to what our bank statements say we have,” said City Clerk Lorna Pearce, who took the position in 2018. “We’re pretty sure the numbers we have are actually what we have.”

According to the audit of the year 2017 by the State Auditor’s Office, “since 2012, we have reported the City of Grand Coulee did not have adequate controls over numerous aspects of fin...